How to Say ‘Thick’ in Traditional Chinese
厚
💬 Usage Tip: Use [厚] (hòu) for thickness, can apply to books, walls, or soup.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: In Taiwan, thick winter coats are seldom needed, due to the generally mild climate.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
厚
[hòu]
thick
Describes an object that has a great distance between its opposite sides.
這本書很厚，需要花很多時間讀完。
This book is very thick and takes a lot of time to finish reading.
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